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Dogwood Blossom, Leaves, and Branches

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Dogwood Blossom, Leaves, and Branches

Dogwood Blossom, Leaves, and Branches. Yosemite Valley, California. May 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A single blossom and a few leaves on the branches of a dogwood tree, Yosemite Valley, California.

And still I continue with the dogwood theme! For quite a few California photographers who include landscape and nature among their subjects, enjoying the annual reappearance of the Yosemite Valley dogwood blooms is one of the happy traditions of spring – so enjoy! And yes, I still probably have a few more from this year’s “dogwood shoot” back in early May.

I photographed this dogwood flower with its slender branch and new leaves in a shaded portion of the upper Valley nor far from the Mirror Lake trail.

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Dogwood Blossoms and Branch

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Dogwood Blossoms and Branch

Dogwood Blossoms and Branch. Yosemite Valley, California. May 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Spring dogwood tree blossoms and leaves in Yosemite Valley.

Yes, another dogwood… but, hey, it is spring and the dogwoods are (or were) blooming! These were photographed in Yosemite Valley in early May of this year on an intense one-day photography trip to The Valley. I shot this one during more or less the midday hours, rather than during the more typical early/late light. However, this has its advantages, too, if one can find good shade with open illumination. The color balance at this time of day seems to go more toward balanced white and the broken and filtered light on the ground makes an interesting background.

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Dogwood Blossom, Branches, and Leaves

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Dogwood Blossom, Branches, and Leaves

Dogwood Blossom, Branches, and Leaves. Yosemite Valley, California. May 9, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A spring dogwood blossom cradled in dogwood leaves and branches, Yosemite Valley.

I photographed this single dogwood blossom nestled among branches and leaves against the background of a shaded tree trunk. I found this flower in upper Yosemite Valley right beside the road/trail to Mirror Lake. Although I shot in the middle of the afternoon – not exactly a time of favorable light – the forest canopy was thick enough here to diffuse the light.

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San Francisco Muni, Evening

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San Francisco Muni, Evening

San Francisco Muni, Evening. San Francisco, California. May 15, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A municipal railway train passes in front of AT&T Park in the early evening, San Francisco.

This is another of my “urban landscape” photographs, this time of a passing San Francisco MUNI trail passing in front of AT&T park in the waning light during a Giants game. As I wrote yesterday, I always take my camera to the games since this ballpark provides compelling opportunities to photograph not only “ball game stuff,” but also urban landscape elements of the SF Bay Area ranging from the Bay itself to views of the downtown San Francisco skyline to more intimate views. (The equivalent of street photography should also be do-able but I haven’t yet had the chance to go in that direction during the games.)

This photo appealed to me as a composition of several elements. Obviously the contrast between the warm interior light of the rail cars and everything else is one element, but another is the fellow behind the window in the left center. (In some way this brings to mind for me one of the famous Edward Hopper paintings of the coffee shop…) I like the curved arrow at lower right pointing toward the train and the counterbalancing curved shape of the bit of rooftop at the upper left – with all of this built around the diagonals of the train, the sidewalk and road, and the overhead wire – somewhat interrupted by a few verticals.

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